NEW MANAGEMENT

The industry is constantly changing - so your company had better keep up.  And keep up profitability.

Tutorials

Enabling Convergence
Room 201
Monday, 2:30 - 3:45 pm

Exciting new content…many different platforms…lots of options for the consumer. How do you manage the many – literally thousands – of relationships and digital properties involved?  Learn how all industry segments can drive towards fast, simple and consistent ways to identify ownership, designate usage options, track and, of course, get paid for their content.

Host: Jen Dangar
Vice President, New Media Distribution Affiliate Sales & Marketing
Discovery Networks
Speaker: John Ticer
VP Product Marketing
NeuStar, Inc.

 

Managing the MSO Marketing Relationship: Secrets Revealed
Room 311
Monday, 2:30 - 3:45 pm

Discover the insider’s view.  Find out how to develop and maintain effective working relationships with the key customers, the MSO community. Explore ways that MSOs and programmers can work together in developing new media and new product approaches. How can programmers help drive new RGUs for cable companies, while at the same time growing their own business? The session also prepares programmers for developing 2007 marketing plans and budgets.

Speakers: Nancy Heffernan
Director of Video Marketing Management
Cox Communications
  Vicki Lins
Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Comcast Spotlight
  Jerry McKenna
VP, Strategic Marketing
CableONE, Inc.
Moderator: Bob Rose
EVP Affiliate Relations
Court TV

 

Profiting from a Multicultural Strategy
Room 204
Monday, 2:30 - 3:45 pm

Albert Einstein once said: "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Well, you don't have to be an "Einstein" to be successful in multicultural segments, but it does call for a bit of marketing science. Get out of your marketing rut and tap into the enormous revenue potential of multicultural markets. Hear how Cablevision found the winning formula in the multicultural markets for stand-alone products and Triple Play in the African-American and Hispanic markets. Learn how NBC Universal Cable helped connect with Latinos through a mix of old-fashioned value propositions and strong doses of emotion. See the thinking, the bumps in the road and the results in this eye-opening session jam-packed with tips you can use to help you to create your own multicultural marketing plan - regardless of the segments you're targeting.
 

Host: Lynette Pinto
Vice President Marketing
NBC Universal
Speakers: Pedro Blanco
President & Chief Creative Officer
Blanco-Lorenz Entertainment Branding
  William Ortiz
President
GlobalWorks
Multicultural Division

Breakouts

New Approaches to Measuring Marketing ROI Across Disciplines
Room Ballroom B
Tuesday, 2:30 - 3:45 pm

Whether you call it ROI, ROMO or ROMI, these future-focused, advanced analytic and modeling tools will help you connect dollars spent with measurable returns and successful outcomes. The panel will present new and tested ways of looking at marketing investment performance across different business disciplines and their intersections, including customer acquisition and retention, audience development, affiliate relations and ad sales.

Panelists: Rachel Brook
Engagement Director
Insight Partners (a MediaCom division)
  Charlie Collier
EVP, General Manager, Ad Sales
Court TV
  Tony Maldonado
VP, Acquisition & Marketing Sciences
Cox Communications, Inc.
  Tricia Melton
SVP, Entertainment Marketing
Turner Broadcasting System
Moderator: Steven J. Schiffman
EVP Marketing & New Media
National Geographic Channel

 

Change Happens: Own It... Or Else
Room Ballroom C
Tuesday, 4:15 - 5:30 pm

By design or by default, change happens—it’s how we choose to work in it and through it that makes the difference.  Our change experts have tailored the direction of this session based on responses to a needs analysis survey that was recently completed by future session attendees.  Included in the program will be a customized examination of the art and science of change, exercises to help you understand the challenges of change, and speakers who will share their expertise in organizational change. 

Panelists: Gregg Baron
President
Success-Sciences
  Lisa Gersh
COO
Oxygen
  Jim Morgan
SVP of Human Resources
Insight
Moderator: Phil McRae
SVP, Sales Operations & Business Services
Comcast

 

The Ultimate Question - Driving Good Profits and True Growth
Room Ballroom A
Wednesday, 2:30 - 3:45 pm

Fred Reichheld literally wrote the book on creating loyalty and now his target is companies who are addicted to bad profits. These corporate steroids boost short-term earnings but burn out employees and alienate customers.  They undermine growth by creating legions of detractors – customers who sully the firm’s reputation and switch to competitors at the earliest opportunity.  Reichheld shows how to reverse the equation, turning customers into promoters who generate good profits and true, sustainable growth. 

The key:  one simple question – Would you recommend us to a friend? — The answer allows companies to track promoters and detractors and produces a clear measure of an organization’s performance in its customers’ eyes.  Analysis shows that, on average, increasing this Net Promoter Score (NPS) by a dozen points versus competitors can double a company’s growth rate.

Read The Ultimate Question and come prepared to debate how NPS can apply to your company.

Speaker: Fred Reichheld
Director Emeritus & Bain Fellow
Bain& Company
Author of The Ultimate Question: Driving Good Profits and True Growth
Reactors: Pam Murrin
Vice President Research and Database Marketing
Time Warner Cable
  Scott Westerman
Regional Vice President, East Iowa/North Illinois
Mediacom Communications
Haven't read The Ultimate Question?
Summit attendees can receive a free copy of the book. While supplies last.


*Denotes a tutorial that is open only to employees of cable companies who participate in the CTAM Corporate Fund. Photo ID and Summit badge required.